r/Banknotes

The CERS is a local currency that circulates in the Narbonne region of france. It has unique square banknotes with the largest denomination being the smallest in size, very interesting.

The Narbonne region is one of the southern most points of continental france and has its own rich cultural history. Each note showcases local paintings and on the back, the drawings of local schoolchildren.

It circulates on par with the euro and as per government regulation, it is exchangeable on demand for euros at any time. All CERS have to be backed up by euros 1:1.

This means most local currencies in France cannot really profit off of selling their notes and indeed many are resisting this idea at all, citing local values and wishing to keep them circulating only in the region.

After much negotiating I was able to get a handful of these notes.

Follow @rareworldbanknotes on Instagram I might post more interesting notes or local currencies in the future :)

The Vanuatu polymer note is soo Beautiful!

All but 5 are uncirculated

Frida Kahlo,Mexican Painter and Artist

I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid I was so fascinated by farm tractors and dreamed of having a farm and a tractor and driving it doing all those fancy things that tractors do. Well, none of that happened but what did happen is a fair few of my banknotes (and a few coins) have tractors on them so I thought why not bring them into the spotlight just this once.

This is what I have so far, I only included proper farm tractors, not bulldozers, harvesters, skidders, shredders and other related machinery.

Some of these tractors are so small (like Laos and North Korea) that I’m sure I must have missed quite a few such banknotes with tiny tractors on them, I’m open to suggestions if you noticed one that I don’t have.

Probably the most famous tractor banknote that I have is China 1 yuan 1960. What makes it special is not only that it pictures a female tractor driver, but this woman isn’t just a generic tractor driver, she’s someone with a story. Liang Jun was the first woman who enrolled in a training class for tractor drivers in China, and she was promoted by the powers that be to inspire other women to take on jobs traditionally held by men. She has a Wikipedia page in case anyone is interested.

Zambian 500 Kwacha (2004). This series started in 2003 and was 1st polymer note in African continent!

A French 1933 50 Francs; a German hyperinflation 1,000 Mark note from 1922, which was later overprinted in red ink with the value "Eine Milliarde Mark" (One Billion Marks) in 1923; and a German 1 Rentenmark banknote from 1937

Hi! Just curious if there are other women out there who collect paper money. Please share what you have

Reserve Bank of Rhodesia $2 - 1979

Portrait of Rachel Bluwstein

I've managed to collect currencies from both Kuwait & Oman in which they're high value and expensive as f*ck to acquire as for example, to even obtain a 50 Rial bill it costs $130. I even have Kuwaiti Dinars as pictured but getting that is difficult if you are outside the Gulf region.

Kuwait even has to divide a single dinar into 1/2 (500 fils) and 1/4 (250 fils) since 1000 fils is 1 dinar and holds the title of having the currency with the highest exchange rate. Oman is third place below Bahrain but again they divide a rial into 1/2 (500 baisa) and a 100 baisa bill.

Hard note to find compared to the earlier Hord. This was issued in 1919 as Eliseo Sendres was the president at that time. A lot were used or pulled following the financial crisis. As a result, despite the higher print run compared to Hord, this variety is legitimately scarce. This reveals itself with 14 graded V.S Hord’s 80+. Alongside heavy circulation, a lot of them theoretically could have been pulled from circulation by the Wood-Forbes mission to fix the economy post-crisis. Lastly, a lot of these were used to make the blackouts by PNB. Meanwhile, a lot of the Hord were unissued as seen in the majority being for a hoard of 788XXX, resulting in a prevalent market today.

I would say I expect a bit more UV features on this one